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You can’t visit the Gold Coast and not set foot in a Queenslander (house, that is). Tick it offff your list at the same time as kickstarting your day at Paddock Bakery (paddockbakery.com), a 70-year-old weatherboard cottage converted into a café-cum-artisan bakery. Tucked away on an unassuming street corner near Miami Beach, it’s a favourite with locals for its creative all-day breakfast and lunch menu. Meals are served in recycled, biodegradable cardboard “dish” trays and all are under $16. The signature dippy eggs – presented in an egg carton with sourdough soldiers, diced bacon, organic labne and parsley – is a must, as is the woodfifired muesli. Stroll in and seat yourself in the tree-shaded yard or at the giant communal table fashioned from a 100-year-old railway bench. Short on time? In the side garden there’s a vintage horse-flfloat peddling takeaway coffffee, fresh bread and cakes.